Neck-yoke guard



(No Modem- 4 H. KNIPHALS.

NECK YOKE GUARD.

No. 376,099. Patented Jan. 10, 18-88;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NECK-YOKE GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,099, dated January10, 1828.

Application filed October 3, 1887. Serial No. 251,352. (No model.)

neck-yoke guards in which the guard is hinged or pivoted near the frontend of the wagontongue; and the objects of my improvements are, first,to provide a guard which can be swung upward against the under side ofthe tongue to permit the ring connected with the neck-yoke to slide uponthe tongue over it; and, second, to provide a guard'which will drop byits own gravity after the said ring has passed it. I attain theseobjects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the front end of awagon-tongue, to which is attached said neck-yoke guard. Fig. 2 is a.rear view of said neck-yoke guard and the threaded bolt and nut.

Similar letters refer tosi milar parts through out the several viewsfi Ais a portion of the front end ofa wagontongue; B, the neck-yoke guard;and b 12, holes through the upper portion thereof, through which passesthe threaded bolt 0.

D is the brace on the wagon-tongue.

The guard B is substantially in form as the outer surface of the hoof ofa horse, but hollow, so as to permit of its being swung up against andaround the under surface of the tongue. The guard is placed around theunder surface of the tongue, the bolt 0 passing through the holes b band through the tongue and secured bya nut in the usual manner, thoughother means of attaching the guard to the tongue may be used. The frontedge or surface of the guard when so connected will rest against thelower surfaceor sides of the tongue, such surface forming a stop tolimit the swing of the guard forward. The bottom rear edge of the guardprojects downward below the lower surface of the tongue to obstruct andprevent the ring connected with the neck yoke, when around the tongueand in the rear of the guard, from slipping forward and off the tongue.

To place the ring connected with the neck yoke around the tongue and inthe rear of the guard, or to remove said ring, the guard is swungbackward and upward, so its inner bottom surface rests against the outerbottom surface of the tongue, when said ring will slide freely over itwithout obstruction.

1 am aware that heretofore a tip or ferrule has been used upon the endof a tongue with a stop or button pivoted in a recess on the under side,and actuated by a springto press it downward, the neck-yoke beingconnected to a'collar or sleeve, which is passed overthe tip or ferruleand prevented from slipping back by coming in contact with such stop orbutton. Such device is shown in Letters Patent No. 219,736, granted toCharles C. Keene, September 16,1879; also, that a tip has been used uponthe end of a tongue having a cavity in its under surface and in thetongue, in which a latch is located, pivoted at one end and its otherend forced downward by aspring,which forms a stop to prevent theneck-yoke from slipping off. Such device is shown in Letters Patent No.352,978, grant-ed Milo H. Mott, November 23, 1886. I do not claim any ofthese features.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with a wagon tongue, the

guard B, attached thereto to retain the neckyoke in place when in use,substantially as described.

HINRIOH KNIPHALS. Witnesses:

J. VVPSTEXVART,

W. O. WARRINER.

